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Model Shops

Galaxy Models - Our excellent local model shop
Hyperflight - Competition and sport gliders
BuzzFlyer - Electric helicopters - home of the micro BuzzFly helis
Fast Lad Performance - Model helicopter specialists
Dumas Products Inc. - American maker of some beautiful laser cut kits - available at Flitehook
Flitehook - lots of indoor and free flight equipment
Free Flight Supplies - lots of good indoor stuff!  NEW 
SAMS Models - more indoor stuff  NEW 
Bob's Workshop - equipment for micro electric free flight  NEW 
R/C Wonders - Indoor models
Flying Toys - Indoor models

Model Sites to Educate

Fly Your Plane - The BMFA's Education Program site
Sky Hi Products - Suppliers of products and service to educators
Skies the Limit Designs - Including activity packs for schools, scout groups, etc.

Free R/C Model Flight Simulators

FMS - Flight-Model-Simulator - An excellent simulator with many planes and locations to fly
CRRCSIM - Charles River R/C Simulator - Another excellent simulator with an F3F glider racing mode
SSS - Slope Soaring Simulator
- A good simulator for slope soaring including Dynamic Soaring!

Plans to download

Micromoth & Micropitts - 12" wingspan works of art.
House of Frog - a web site devoted to the model aircraft kits produced by International Model Aircraft Ltd.
Legal Eagle - several plans for indoor models.  NEW 
Various 'old' model plans

Building tips & techniques

Stick & Tissue - Indoor model construction etc.  NEW 

General Modelling Links

BMFA - The British Model Flying Association
Bumpy Green
- Model Aerodrome
Gibbs Guides
- Andrew Gibbs' guides to batteries, chargers and other aspects of electric flight.

Glider Links

BARCS - British Association of Radio Controlled Soarers
FlyQuiet Forum - A meeting place for thermal soaring enthusiasts.
eSoaring Website & Forum - A dedicated meeting place for electric powered thermal soarers.
chuckglider blogspot - Chuck Gliders galore!

Indoor Flying

Aeronutz Flyer - South Leicester Aeronutz
Clayton Green - Chorley, Lancashire free flight specialists.  NEW 
Hip Pocket Aeronautics -   NEW 
Small Flying Arts -   NEW 

Clubs

Phoenix-MFC - Lowestoft Model Club
North Kent Nomads MC
Raynes Park Model Aircraft Club - South West London club specialising in Vintage and Nostalgic models (fantastic Newsletters!).  NEW 

Weather Forecast sites

XCWeather - Data from various locations.
MetCheck - Forecast for Ipswich.
Wunderground
Weatherbug
Accuweather
Windfinder - Lakenheath
Windfinder - Harwich
Weatherspark - Ipswich - Beautiful weather graphs and maps
RASP Table - Thermal activity chart for UK

Local Causes

Save Broomhill Swimming Pool - Help save Ipswich's Grade II listed Olympic-sized swimming pool.

Other Sites

Daisy Chain Home Support - Home help around the Manningtree/East Bergholt area.